POLITICAL NOTES.

Mataura Ensign, 3 July 1914, Page 4

POLITICAL NOTES.

MAIDEN SPEECH HOUSE, j THIS MK'.MI!KI{ l'(H! f,V! 'i Ki;i'o'.\. ]:r TKI.I '• M' P '- l'ltOM OUIt Mri'd T. . ..liHw'-ONKKNT. WKi.U.V.mV Jul.v Mr AlcComl.s (l,v* I. f <")' made his maiden speech in the ! '" s !|tterllOUil. ill is ;i (lei I'tiTMr .-Sf4»k«'|- ttlin articulates o:>(11 I! >- cil<u t was ujjoil pronort; oiial re; 11 ' ■'' jwi ill wllicll !»• «• dij'l'l.V UllrrosllHl. Meiiiibers: all over I'»«• jln-artily applaudx! lit:■ i >■; i ' ll ' conclusion; of Jsi-peeM' 1 . PUBLIC Ul'vliT ICN£N NOTION'. TJio nosition (.1' tin- stiikimc funds under tin- I'uAilic Delit Kxtiiictliin Act ol 1910 is shown in a return I'iescnted to Parliament tlxi.-s afternoon. '1 hi* .amount advanced to settlers on was ,C'2s;i,y.'!ri, and to local an! horities Cll < 780. The securities' liehl consist ol' mortgage* oil iiroiM-rty :»iul de-lieiiture-; issued l>v local anlhoritieti. I he rales of interest, earned are .Llo-U'-W :| t ■> per cent, rcd'uci'Ule l<> II per cent-, provided thai, instalments are paid witnin 14 days of the duo date, .CC!I,S«V) at per cent, and .€ 18,315 at •! i per cent. CONT'RACTOIiS AMI) DttPOSim Mr Anderson (Al.ataura) has £sivt notice to ask the Government wliethi it will immediately take stops to in prove the present system under whu unsuccessful contractors' deposits ai retained for an undue length of tim although bo intere.yt is paid on tl money, and under which exchange < contractors' marked eheoiuw is deduced: when the deposit is returned.

LIVELY PAISSAGES-AT-AiRMS. Several lively passages-at-anns occu red last.night, one during the speech < Mr Okev (Taranaki) who had made r ferenee to -Mr Russell's landed i 60,000 "i-res. ■Mr Panita (Honiherii Maori) inle jeclerl: It h worth half a eroivu a acre.. iMr Okev: Yes, it. is worth hall onnnii an. acre, [irrlri]:^. Air Russell ' (Avon) th: this was an offensive reference to h property, quoting a. standing order. After much discission the Speaki ruled that the statement was not o fensive. lit. Hon. W. I''. (Prime Mi inter) then said thatf reference to tl value of the land eame from the 0; position benches, , Mr Russell: No, it did not. Mr Massev: The reference fan l'rom .behind you. •Mr liusseil: No, 110! Mrl'arata (who sits behind .Mr Ru sell): I said 1 did. not think it \vi worth 2.s (id an acre. Sir Massev: Ah, 'and the lnenihi for Tjtranaki repealed it. Air Speake 1 do not think wo need talk i'lirthi on this. The Standing Order i.« plaii Mr Russell: Well, sir, I will get list 'of the holdings of tilio on the other side. Mr Okey: 1 am c-orry that the hoi gentleman wp.s thin-skinned. Mi- Uu.ssell : No, I'm not thii skinned. Sir Okey: I suppose it is early i the session and he i.s just off the gras (Laughter.) imUiOV.KR'NAI.KN'T'iS IMiCOR I). When, speaking Mr Mander (Mar den) after enumerating the work doi ea:d, "Those' are a lew of tlw goo things the Government ha.i done." "A few!'' ejaculated Mr Ru.ssel "Tell ins .the. rest." "Oh, 11have only an hour to speak, replied the member for Marsden.